BATON ROUGE – LSUsports.net will get to know the seven newcomers on the Tiger softball team leading into the 2010 season. Today’s edition features Allison Falcon.
Falcon was a three-time All-District and All-Parish standout as a shortstop at Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsville. She also garnered 2007 District 9-1A MVP honors along with LSWA All-State First-Team accolades in 2009.
“Playing every game with the intensity like it’s my last is how I plan on contributing to Tiger softball’s championship tradition,” Falcon said. “The biggest adjustment between high school and college softball has been on the academic side. It’s a different challenge not having your parents make sure you get to school, but everything has gone pretty good.”
LSU opens the 2010 season against No. 19 North Carolina, No. 21 DePaul and host Texas, a trio of 2009 NCAA Tournament squads, at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational on February 12-14.
Season and individual game tickets are on-sale now and can be purchased online at www.LSUSports.net, the official Web site of LSU Athletics. Tickets also can be purchased in person at the ticket office on the first floor of the Athletics Administration Building or by calling (225) 578-2184 or (800) 960-8587.
Fans are encouraged to get their season tickets to guarantee great seats for LSU’s impressive home slate that features 16 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams highlighted by match-ups against Michigan and Georgia, a pair of Women’s College World Series squads.
Major – Kinesiology
Nickname – Falc
Favorite LSU jersey – White
Which teammate can you always count on for a laugh? – Heidi Pizer because she’s always acting goofy and trying to make everyone laugh.
What is your favorite ice cream flavor? – Butter pecan
Which teammate would you want to switch places with for a day? – Katie Guillory because I want to be fast.
As a kid, which chore do you hate doing the most for your parents? – The dishes were a shared job with my older sister but I always had to them because she made me.